# 殆

| 殆 | U+6B86, &#27526; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B86 |
| ← 殅 [U+6B85] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 殇 → [U+6B87] |

## Translingual
### Han character

殆 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一弓戈口 (MNIR), four-corner 1326$_0$, composition ⿰歹台)
* dangerous, perilous
* endangered
* almost

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 580, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16430
* Dae Jaweon: page 972, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1384, character 12
* Unihan data for U+6B86

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 胎 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 台 | *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ |
| 邰 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 鮐 | *l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ |
| 孡 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 苔 | *l'ɯː |
| 抬 | *l'ɯː |
| 駘 | *l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ |
| 炱 | *l'ɯː |
| 菭 | *l'ɯː, *l'i |
| 跆 | *l'ɯː |
| 殆 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 怠 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 迨 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 紿 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 詒 | *l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ |
| 軩 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 咍 | *hlɯː |
| 佁 | *lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ |
| 枲 | *slɯʔ |
| 辝 | *ljɯ |
| 鈶 | *ljɯʔ |
| 笞 | *l̥ʰɯ |
| 齝 | *l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ |
| 眙 | *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ |
| 治 | *l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is |
| 始 | *hljɯʔ |
| 怡 | *lɯ |
| 貽 | *lɯ |
| 飴 | *lɯ |
| 瓵 | *lɯ |
| 珆 | *li |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dài (dai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): toi$^5$ / doi$^6$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tai$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dâi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tāi / tǎi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dai$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dài
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dài
*** Wade–Giles: tai$^4$
*** Yale: dài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day
*** Palladius: дай (daj)
*** Sinological IPA : /taɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: toi$^5$ / doi$^6$
*** Yale: tóih / doih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toi$^5$ / doi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: toi$^5$ / doi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːi̯¹³/, /tɔːi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dâi
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi
*** Tâi-lô: tāi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dai
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tai³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tai²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎi
*** Tâi-lô: tǎi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dai$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi
*** Sinological IPA : /tai³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dojX
Rime :
| Character | 殆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒亥切 |
| Baxter | dojX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dʌi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dəi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɒi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /dᴀi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /dɒi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑ̆i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | doi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤəʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 殆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ doj$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁəʔ/ |
| English | danger |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 殆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12272 |
| Phonetic component | 台 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 駘 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'ɯːʔ/ |

### Definitions

殆
* (literary, or in compounds) in peril; at stake
* (literary, or in compounds) weary; tired
* (literary, or in compounds) perhaps; probably
* (literary, or in compounds) nearly; almost

#### Compounds

* 危殆 (wēidài)
* 幾殆 / 几殆
* 張羅殆盡 / 张罗殆尽
* 殆無孑遺 / 殆无孑遗
* 殆無虛日 / 殆无虚日
* 殆盡 / 殆尽 (dàijìn)
* 消滅殆盡 / 消灭殆尽
* 百戰不殆 / 百战不殆 (bǎizhànbùdài)
* 財多命殆 / 财多命殆
* 車殆馬煩 / 车殆马烦
* 逢殆

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* almost, nearly
* extremely dangerous, nearly deadly

#### Readings

* Go-on: だい (dai)
* Kan-on: たい (tai)
* Kun: あぶない (abunai, 殆ない)、あやうい (ayaui, 殆うい)、ほとほと (hotohoto)、ほとほとし (hotohotoshi, 殆し)、ほとと (hototo, 殆と)、ほとんど (hotondo, 殆ど)

#### Compounds

* 危殆: critical

## Korean
### Hanja

殆 (eum 태 (tae))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

殆: Hán Nôm readings: đãi
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#### References

* Nom Foundation